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- April 22nd, 2024, 5:24 pm
- Forum: Gobbler Talk
- Topic: She's growing up to fast !
- Replies: 5
- Views: 152
Re: She's growing up to fast !
Beautiful bird and daughter and a momentous event that won't be forgotten. Congratulations to all. Gil
- April 22nd, 2024, 3:54 pm
- Forum: Gun Talk
- Topic: Mossberg 835 recoil
- Replies: 15
- Views: 236
Re: Mossberg 835 recoil
The 870 Supermag is 7 lbs. The 835 closer to 8+ although listed at 7.5 lbs. The barrel of the 835 is back bored to be closer to 10 ga. Point being, the 3.5" shell offers ballistics close to a 10 ga. To expect it to be a soft shooter shooting those Roman Candles is an expectation stretched too f...
- April 22nd, 2024, 10:51 am
- Forum: Gun Talk
- Topic: Mossberg 835 recoil
- Replies: 15
- Views: 236
- April 22nd, 2024, 10:50 am
- Forum: Gun Talk
- Topic: Mossberg 835 recoil
- Replies: 15
- Views: 236
Re: Mossberg 835 recoil
Simple physics: The recoil is proportional to the size load and velocity. The gun was designed around the Federal 3.5" 2 1/4 oz. load. One pays for the payload. It would be a pleasant gun to shoot with a dove load. Gil
- April 16th, 2024, 2:01 pm
- Forum: Gobbler Talk
- Topic: Hognutz
- Replies: 61
- Views: 1504
Re: Hognutz
Hope for a speedy recovery. Gil
- April 15th, 2024, 9:28 pm
- Forum: Gobbler Talk
- Topic: Best box call?
- Replies: 20
- Views: 676
Re: Best box call?
There are lots of fine call makers. It's individual's preference that fits a person's style.
- April 13th, 2024, 2:12 pm
- Forum: Gobbler Talk
- Topic: How early to start owl hooting?
- Replies: 7
- Views: 359
Re: How early to start owl hooting?
Pete, I usually like to hear a distant gobble before owling, or if I hear owls or song birds first. Sometimes I've shock gobbled a bird in the dark, just before first light, but that can be overdone. Once the crows start up, time to move on. Owling can be overdone. What works preseason might not wor...
- April 12th, 2024, 2:16 pm
- Forum: Small Bore
- Topic: Burris Fastfire 3
- Replies: 25
- Views: 1507
Re: Burris Fastfire 3
Very happy with the Fastfire 3's put one on my gun as well. both with the 3 mil dot. The battery went in fine on my daughters but was a PITA to get the cover screwed on on mine. Game changer though once sighted in which went very well on both. Next time,make sure your screwdriver blade is wider tha...
- April 9th, 2024, 10:08 am
- Forum: Gobbler Talk
- Topic: RIP Mickey
- Replies: 15
- Views: 456
Re: RIP Mickey
First Luna, now Mickey. Another terrible loss. Fortunately the joy of the past with them eventually overshadows the pain and sorrow of their loss. Sorry to hear of this. As Will Rogers one remarked if there are no dogs in heaven I want to go where they are. The price we pay for their unflinching loy...
- April 6th, 2024, 11:02 am
- Forum: Gobbler Talk
- Topic: Turkey Hunting Public Land
- Replies: 20
- Views: 1087
Re: Turkey Hunting Public Land
I have seen a serious decline in turkey hunting manners since I began in 1977 when the first season in this part of Georgia was re-instituted after over two decades of closed seasons. In the beginning, I hunted a large tract of public land and there were few reports of crowding hunters. A wide berth...
- April 4th, 2024, 2:28 pm
- Forum: Big Bore
- Topic: Best 12 gauge tss load
- Replies: 34
- Views: 30283
Re: Best 12 gauge tss load
Big difference between "best" and "heaviest". The two aren't necessarily the same. Gil
- April 2nd, 2024, 4:14 pm
- Forum: Hunt Strategies
- Topic: Spring food sources
- Replies: 10
- Views: 523
Re: Spring food sources
I've found crops full of gallberries which are abundant in the piney woods throughout the year. Gil
- March 30th, 2024, 6:33 pm
- Forum: Waterfowl & Small Game
- Topic: Please meet Sadie !
- Replies: 7
- Views: 495
Re: Please meet Sadie !
Congratulations, and I hope the puppy months race on by. Luna was a tough loss. During bird season I had my big Brittanys on Seresto collars, but take them off while hunting. Best tick preventative I've used so far. Allegedly water doesn't affect them, but a constant dose of water retrieves might be...
- March 28th, 2024, 1:12 pm
- Forum: Small Bore
- Topic: 410 vs 20ga youth starter gun
- Replies: 17
- Views: 799
Re: 410 vs 20ga youth starter gun
My uncle who was 85 when he died this past fall was a major league pitcher and had been instructed by Lucky McDaniel as part of Spring Training for hand-to-eye coordination for batting and throwing while playing baseball. My uncle always had a sightless BB gun on hand and up until his death could h...
- March 28th, 2024, 1:09 pm
- Forum: Small Bore
- Topic: 410 vs 20ga youth starter gun
- Replies: 17
- Views: 799
Re: 410 vs 20ga youth starter gun
4 years ago I had customized a Yildiz single-shot .410 with red dot for a late buddy. The gun weighed 3.25 lbs. and I loaded some 13/16 oz. sub sonic loads of #9 for him. His son called me this week to tell me he cut 2" off the stock and took his two sons, 6 and 11, for the youth opener. His 6 ...
- March 26th, 2024, 6:33 am
- Forum: Gun Talk
- Topic: YouTube red dot sight in
- Replies: 10
- Views: 472
Re: YouTube red dot sight in
Excellent video of the "One Shot Zero" technique. I prefer setting up for 40 rather than 30, but their point is made. Dave Owen has a video but this one is better because Dave takes the gun off the stand to make "click" adjustments. Gil
- March 26th, 2024, 5:42 am
- Forum: Hunt Strategies
- Topic: Number 1 hunting tip
- Replies: 50
- Views: 56089
Re: Number 1 hunting tip
Use a compass to course the bird, especially in the dark. If he shuts up, you still know the direction. Side stepping thickets, water, etc. can get you off direction, but the compass will show the way. Gil
- March 26th, 2024, 5:42 am
- Forum: Hunt Strategies
- Topic: Number 1 hunting tip
- Replies: 50
- Views: 56089
Re: Number 1 hunting tip
Use a compass to course the bird, especially in the dark. If he shuts up, you still know the direction. Side stepping thickets, water, etc. can get you off direction, but the compass will show the way. Gil
- March 25th, 2024, 2:34 pm
- Forum: Gobbler Talk
- Topic: Permethrin
- Replies: 15
- Views: 699
Re: Permethrin
I spray clothes with Sawyers' once a season for turkeys and once during quail and woodcock season. There's some bad stuff in some tick bites. I know a woman who was in intensive care due to a bite. B-I-L has Lyme's disease contracted from a tick while working on a Georgia barrier island. Gil
- March 23rd, 2024, 4:14 pm
- Forum: Hunt Strategies
- Topic: Shooting doubles
- Replies: 10
- Views: 313
Re: Shooting doubles
Several states have made it easy when one hunter is faced with two birds. One only. Gil
- March 23rd, 2024, 9:02 am
- Forum: Gobbler Talk
- Topic: Turkey Hunting Public Land
- Replies: 20
- Views: 1087
Re: Turkey Hunting Public Land
I can't think of a better way to get shot than to sneak in closer to a bird you think someone else is after. Gil
- March 21st, 2024, 5:17 pm
- Forum: Gobbler Talk
- Topic: It's just not fair
- Replies: 15
- Views: 1410
Re: It's just not fair
Years ago I was invited by a friend to hunt an area I'd never been before on private land. Sure enough, I heard the gobble and he answered. I then heard a grinding, rattling mechanical noise behind me at about 100 years. I was between the noise and the gobbler. Shortly after the grinding stopped, th...
- March 19th, 2024, 10:33 am
- Forum: Gobbler Talk
- Topic: Alabama Public Land
- Replies: 8
- Views: 435
Re: Alabama Public Land
Why use boot leather when it's easier to cyberscout?
- March 15th, 2024, 4:40 pm
- Forum: Gun Talk
- Topic: Osc for a knight tk
- Replies: 9
- Views: 344
Re: Osc for a knight tk
You aren't concerned about the foam (plastic) fouling the bore??
- March 9th, 2024, 11:14 am
- Forum: Small Bore
- Topic: Burris Fastfire 3
- Replies: 25
- Views: 1507
Re: Burris Fastfire 3
I have both 3 and 8 moa. Makes no difference to me. Last week I sent the below to a friend who just mounted an FF3 and he asked me how I zero: Here’s how I do it: Buy a roll of construction paper from Home Depot. Attach a piece covering a real estate banjo sign which can be harvested at night in fro...